April 10, 2023 3:47 am
WASHINGTON (AP) — A jury will soon decide whether the onetime leader of the Proud Boys extremist group is guilty in one of the most serious cases brought in the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol. Closing arguments could be as early as this week before jurors in Washington, D.C., decide whether to convict Proud Boys national chairman Enrique Tarrio and four lieutenants of seditious conspiracy. Defense attorneys have argued that there is no evidence of a plan for the Proud Boys to attack the Capitol on Jan. 6. The case is expected to go to the jury after almost three months of testimony, dozens of witnesses and countless legal fights.
April 10, 2023 3:46 am
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Pentagon says online leaks of scores of highly classified documents about the Ukraine war present a “very serious” risk to national security and senior leaders are quickly taking steps to mitigate the damage. In the days since Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin became aware of the leaks, he’s reached out to top allies, convened daily meetings to assess the damage and set up a group not only to assess the scope of the information lost but review who has access to those briefings. And as the public airing of the data sends shockwaves across the U.S. government, the White House says there are concerns there could be additional leaks.
April 10, 2023 3:45 am
NEWPORT NEWS, Va. (AP) — A grand jury in Virginia has indicted the mother of a 6-year-old boy who shot his teacher. Prosecutor Howard Gwynn said in a news release that a grand jury sitting in Newport News on Monday charged the boy’s 25-year-old mother with felony child neglect and a misdemeanor charge of endangering a child by reckless storage of a firearm. The Associated Press isn’t naming the mother to shield the identity of her son. The boy shot his first-grade teacher, Abby Zwerner, on Jan. 6 inside her classroom at Richneck Elementary School. Police say the boy’s mother legally purchased the gun. Her attorney has said the gun was secured on a top shelf in her closet and had a trigger lock.
April 10, 2023 3:44 am
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — One of the two Black Democrats who were expelled last week from the GOP-led Tennessee House has been reinstated. Nashville’s governing council voted Monday to send Justin Jones straight back to the Legislature. The council vote returns Jones to the Capitol after just four days. Republicans banished the two over their role in a gun-control protest on the House floor in the aftermath of a deadly school shooting. The other lawmaker, Justin Pearson, could be reappointed Wednesday.
April 10, 2023 3:39 am
PERRY TOWNSHIP, Pa. — Crews were called to a rollover crash in Fayette County Sunday night. The incident took place just after 10:00 p.m. at the intersection of Ferguson Lane and Rehobeth Church Road. County 911 confirms that at least two patients were taken to area hospitals with injuries. There were three children and three adults involved in the crash. Perry Township Fire Department was assisted by Fayette EMS Tri-Town and Rostraver West Newton EMS. Pennsylvania State Police are investigating.
April 10, 2023 1:44 am
PITTSBURGH (WPXI)— Norfolk Southern train cars have derailed in Pittsburgh. According to a company spokesperson, five empty steel cars derailed. A 911 dispatcher said police, fire and EMS were initially called to the city’s Marshall-Shadeland neighborhood, on Brunot Island off Ohio River Boulevard Saturday afternoon. Traffic was impacted in the city’s Esplen and Elliott neighborhoods, along West Carson Street, where police say they responded to the incident. There was no hazardous material involved, and the cars stayed upright, according to the Norfolk Southern spokesperson. Crews were through most of Saturday to clear the cars. West Carson Street from Corliss Street to the McKees Rocks Plaza was closed for hours. The National Transportation Safety Board said they will not be investigating this incident.
April 10, 2023 1:42 am
WASHINGTON, Pa. — Multiple fire crews were called to the scene of an apparent gas-fed fire in East Washington Saturday night. The blaze broke out just before 11:00 p.m. on the 500 block of East Chestnut Street. Washington Fire Crews responded along with North Strabane, South Strabane, Peters Township, Canton Township and Ambulance and Chair EMS. Reports say there was an initial search for someone who lived in the building that was not accounted for at first, but all occupants made it out and only one victim was reportedly treated for smoke inhalation. Officials on scene also said a hoarding situation made it difficult for crews to maneuver through the house. The fire was under control in less than an hour. (Photo Credit: Jennifer Southall Gordon Facebook)
April 10, 2023 1:25 am
WASHINGTON, Pa. — Two individuals were flown to area hospitals following a police chase and crash in the City of Washington early Saturday morning. According to reports, city police pursued an SUV along Henderson Avenue just before 1:00 a.m. That chase reportedly led officers from Henderson Avenue to the 900 block of Allison Avenue via Wylie Avenue. After shearing a telephone pole near the GetGo Gas Station on Wylie, the suspects reportedly crashed into the front porch of McCarrell’s Tax Service and were heavily entrapped. Washington Police called for Washington City Fire, South Strabane Township Fire along with Ambulance and Chair EMS to the scene to help extract the suspects. Additionally, two STAT MedEvac helicopters were sent to landing zones set at the Wash High Football Field and Canton Township Fire Department. Reports say it took roughly 20 minutes to extract the suspects from the vehicle, and both were flown to area hospitals in critical condition. There is no word on the status or identity of either suspect. Susan McCarrell Gleason who owns the business says an 18-year-old and two juveniles were in the SUV that was reportedly stolen. Washington City Police are still investigating the incident. (Photo: WPXI)
April 9, 2023 6:52 am
Competing rulings by two federal judges over the availability of the abortion pill mifepristone are sowing alarm and confusion — and opening a new front in the battle over abortion in the United States. One federal judge in Amarillo, Texas on Friday put on hold federal approval of mifepristone, one of the most commonly used medications to end pregnancies. Another federal judge in Spokane, Washington ruled differently in a separate case and ordered the federal government not to restrict the drug’s availability. Some abortion rights advocates have little confidence the U.S. Supreme Court will side with abortion advocates on the abortion pill issue after the court last June struck down Roe v. Wade.
April 9, 2023 6:51 am
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas Gov. Greg Abbott is seeking to pardon a U.S. Army sergeant who was convicted of murder in the 2020 fatal shooting of an armed protester during nationwide protests against police violence and racial injustice. On Saturday, Abbott tweeted that because he can only take action on a recommendation by the Board of Pardons and Paroles he is asking the board to recommend a pardon and to expedite his request. Sgt. Daniel Perry was convicted Friday by a Travis County jury of fatally shooting 28-year-old Garrett Foster during a protest in Austin. A phone call to the county district attorney’s office on Saturday was not answered.
